lundi 31 août 2015

I hope you all had a good weekend! Let's start the new week with some real estate inspiration... This bright and airy flat is for sale on Alvhem and I love the soft colours, the large window sills and the new Sinnerlig cork table from IKEA (here used as bench).

PS. Pop over to Hëllø and check out my tips for places to visit in Stockholm!

vendredi 28 août 2015

Last month our European blog group was invited to Spain by RED, a non profit association that promotes Spanish design worldwide. Travelling to Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid, we got to discover the best of contemporary Spanish design. This means I have lots of things to show you, starting with one of the highlights of the visit...

No photo can do justice to the magical summer night we spent in this garden located in a small village close to Valencia. LZF lamps, a Spanish lighting brand, managed to create for us the same kind of unforgettable moment that they strive to create with their products. Fairytale atmosphere, delicious food, refreshing cocktails, discussions and laughter, cool music... it doesn't get any better than this! We could have stayed all night. And the following days.

A beautifully set table, tapas, three kinds of paella, Mojitos... All prepared only for us and served with a smile. I'm not exaggerating when I say that this evening will stay in our minds for a long long time.

We also got a guided tour of LZF's showroom by Marivi Calvo and Sandro Tothill, the creative couple who founded the company in 1994. LZF is manufacturing hand-made wood veneer lamps, and have in recent years also added other products to their range, like the Funny Farm animals, the result of a collaboration with Isidro Ferrer. The latest addition to the range is Dandelion, a pendant lamp inspired by nature and designed by Burkhard Dämmer which you can see here.

lundi 24 août 2015

I'm finally back after a long and well needed break and I have lots of things to show you! Photos from our design tour in Spain last month, news from the Formex fair in Stockholm that I visited last week... Also, this blog will get a fresh new start this autumn, including some changes that you will discover as we go.
But first of all a few pictures of the place where I've spent lots of lazy days over the last month: the family summer house, a former fisherman's cottage located by the Baltic Sea about 300 kms north of Stockholm. The perfect place for recharging your batteries!